Chapter 1302 Tremor
The main construction of the sky fortress "Dawn of the World" has reached the final stage, and according to the original process, this assembly yard hidden between the mountains and dense forests has finally reached the moment when it can see the light of day.
Hearing Gawain's instructions, Rebecca turned on a device next to the magic net terminal, and a sudden buzzing sound resounded throughout the "cave", and her voice echoed over the assembly field: "Everyone Attention the unit, the sky screen is about to open, and the personnel in the work area suspend construction, waiting for the environment to adapt to the dome projection and then closing it after ten seconds."
Rebecca's cheerful and energetic voice echoed over the entire venue, and as her voice fell, a series of clicking sounds of starting, closing, and switching magical relay devices came from many hidden corners, and then The sound of mechanical devices moving and running sounded in the distance. Gawain raised his head and saw that many steel structure support beams fixed near the gray dome directly above were slowly moving to the side, and a large number of lighting devices also changed accordingly. The position was changed, and along with these changes in the mechanical structure, the "rock dome" covering the entire assembly field suddenly flickered after a moment of delay.
Streams of white light appeared on the ceiling from dark to bright, and the roof of the cave, which was originally integrated, was divided into hundreds of square grids of the same size by these streams of light, and then these grids began to gradually become transparent in the flickering , the next second, pieces of "black rock formations" disappeared out of thin air, the holographic projection that made up the dome dissipated, and a splendid and vast sky appeared above the assembly field!
Outside the dome, the sun is just right, and the thin clouds are dotted with the clear winter sky. After the projection of the sky screen disappears, the protective barrier over the assembly field is also temporarily closed, and the cold and fresh air from the outside blows into the valley. The snow blown from the nearby mountain peaks fell down one after another. The bright sky light shined on the main body of Project 115 for the first time. After a while, Gawain heard the mastermind of the Dawn of the World coming from the magic network terminal next to him. A cry of exclamation: "Oh! Sunshine"
"Although I have imagined this moment before." Rebecca looked up at the sky, even though she herself is one of the main designers here, she couldn't help sighing at this moment, "But when I saw it with my own eyes, I still think it's really spectacular. what"
Gao Wen didn't speak for a while, he just watched the scene in front of him with satisfaction, with a long, admiring smile on his face.
Yes, there is actually no "dome of rock" above the assembly site of Project 115. Although the engineers did use various explosives and large machinery to "dig" here for a long time to prepare the site, in fact they just widened the area. The original valley here was lost, and what has been hanging over the assembly field for a long time is actually a holographic projection made of a large crystal matrix.
Rebecca and the technical team led by her used hundreds of projection devices to create a small section of additional mountain outside the northwest ridge of the Dark Mountain, and maintained this illusion to this day!
In this way, after the "Dawn of the World" is completely completed, it only needs to close the shield and projection over the valley, remove the high-altitude lighting mechanism, and the entire sky fortress can be directly lifted into the sky!
In addition, even without considering the "Dawn of the World" as the core goal of the project, the holographic projection array covering the valley itself is a valuable experimental technology, although its basic unit is not complicated In this world, magic illusions that look like real ones have been used by mages for tens of thousands of years as antique crafts, but hundreds of thousands of small illusion units are combined and superimposed to create such a large-scale joint projection, and let them It is unprecedented to run stably for such a long time. This thing can be used in the hidden project of Project 115 today, and it can be expanded and transformed into prototypes of many equipment that are quite practical on the battlefield in the future.
The vast deck of the sky fortress "Mortal Dawn" is bathed in brilliant sky light, and the brilliance cast by the giant sun outlines a series of light and dark silhouettes between its blue and white armor belt and the superstructure. ,
Its main control brain floats in the wetware host container located in the core cabin of the fortress, while its countless nerve fibers are spread all over the steel body, and the sensor points distributed throughout the upper deck send back sunlight and The touch of the wind is warm, bright, fresh and comfortable.
The only pity is that the deck made of steel cannot carry out photosynthesis.
"Before the next system adjustment, the sky will continue to open for three days and three nights. During this process, we will test the environmental adaptation and visual functions of the sky fortress," Rebecca said, "Dawn of the World, you can In the process, experience the sunshine and starlight, and the wind in nature, and then we will close the dome here again, and wait until the next time it opens, which is when you really take off."
Immediately, the neutral synthetic voice of the mastermind of the fortress came from the magic net terminal: "Yes, the creator, Your Highness Rebecca, I am very much looking forward to that day."
At this moment, a low humming sound suddenly came from the sky, interrupting the sound of the Dawn of the World, and also attracted Gawain's attention. The latter subconsciously looked up in the direction of the sound, and saw A huge hexagonal shadow is rising from the dense forest on one side of the mountain wall, slowly moving towards the northeast in the sunlight, several large and small anti-gravity rings are floating at the bottom of the shadow, the escaped The emitted shimmering particles formed a hazy trail in the sky.
The hexagonal flight device is obviously several times smaller than the "Dawn of the World", but it is still much larger than any "Dragoon" aircraft currently in service, and its chassis structure is also obvious. It is very simple, without any pre-installed weapon stations or protective mechanisms, but there are many large connectors like blank interfaces reserved on the edges, and the whole is like some kind of simple but durable high-power universal chassis.
It flew over full, as if it was just conducting a short-range test, and after a while, it slowly landed somewhere in the north of Base 115, which was already out of sight of Gao Wen and others.
"That is our general-purpose aerial platform Gorgon," Rebecca smiled happily, and said to Gao Wen with a hint of pride, "Marin Leslie is responsible for the project, and we have completed the prototype test a while ago. , is now testing whether the mass-produced frame produced by the No. 2 factory is qualified, and it seems that the situation is not bad. If the parameters meet the standards, it can be delivered to the First Legion and the Brothers of the Holy Light. "
"So fast?" Gawain looked at Rebecca in surprise, "I remember not long ago you were arguing with Heidi about the budget of the general air platform."
"Of course it's fast, that thing is much simpler than the structure of the Sky Fortress," Rebecca waved her hand, "Basically, it is a strong enough foundation frame with several high-power anti-gravity engines welded on it, and then the chassis Lay a set of nervous system in the ground, and then give it a brain. No need to consider the deadly engine interference like the sky fortress, the power spine can also directly use the general model that is ready-made in the factory, even the magic net array is used directly in the cold winter The downgraded version of the No. 1 energy group, anyway, its role in a practical environment depends on the building on its back. As a carrier chassis, it can fly safely and provide enough energy output ports.”
Speaking of this, she paused, and then added: "In fact, its structure is so simple that the prototype is directly welded with parts from the spare parts warehouses of several factories. It really flew up, although it soon fell into the mountains again, so I asked my aunt for an additional budget."
Gao Wen was stunned for a while listening, especially when he heard that they actually scraped a bunch of spare parts from the factory's old goods pile and welded a "prototype machine", even though he and When Rebecca discussed the concept of "universal air platform", she also mentioned that it is inferior to the air fortress, and it is downgraded, cheap, and quick. But he didn't expect that Rebecca's men Tech executives are more foolish than her imperial steel ball
At this moment, the voice of the controlling mastermind of the Dawn of the Earth came from the magic net terminal next to it. Several monitors on the upper floor of the sky fortress were still staring at the direction where the "Gorgon" landed just now. Its voice But with a hint of envy: "That's great, Your Highness Rebecca, is that the sister you mentioned to me? It has already flown so well that I haven't been in the air yet."
"Be patient." Rebecca glanced at the brain floating in the biomass solution in the holographic projection, "Your ascension is not a trivial matter. In the next ten years or even decades, you may not be able to land again, and your supplies, maintenance and even reconstruction will be completed in the air, and by then you may still miss the feeling of staying on the ground.”
The voice of the Earthly Dawn sounded after a few seconds of silence: "I don't know how to imagine that scene, but I will remain patient, Creator."
The corners of Rebecca's mouth turned up, as if she wanted to say something more, but at this moment, a rush of buzzing sound suddenly came from the magic net terminal, and an emergency call signal from Cecil City came Floating in the center of the holographic projection.
The expression on Gawain's face instantly became serious, and Rebecca immediately stepped forward to connect to the communication. The light and shadow on the holographic projection changed, and Hetty's face appeared at the front of the screen.
"Ancestor," her eyes quickly focused on Gao Wen, and she said in a hasty tone, "Anomalous phenomena have been reported from various places. Several observatories and observation units at home and abroad have observed unknown disturbances in the atmosphere. I have transmitted the relevant details to Base 115. Please look over it as soon as possible!"
Gawain and Rebecca immediately exchanged glances, and the latter reacted quickly this time: "You go and do your work first, I'll just watch here."
Gao Wen nodded, turned and left the high platform without saying anything. A few seconds later, his figure turned into a streamer and flew towards the office building of the experimental base in an instant.
After a while, Gao Wen arrived at Rebecca's office in Project 115 Base, and the base staff had already sorted out the data transmitted from the data communication room and sent them to the desk.
Flipping through the content described in those materials and some pictures "photographed" by magic techniques, his brows frowned a little.
The magic net terminal on the side lit up, and Hetty's figure appeared in front of Gao Wen: "Ancestor, have you seen all these materials?"
"I saw it," Gao Wen raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Where was the first one to report?"
"The Paramer Observatory first observed the abnormal phenomenon and reported it as soon as possible, and then the Observatory of San Sunil, the magic monitoring station of Winter Castle in the north, and the magic hub of Ten Forest City successively reported that similar disturbances were detected," Hetty said in a hurried tone, her words corresponded to the information in Gao Wen's hand one by one, "We investigated this immediately and issued relevant warnings to the public, and then received feedback from Typhon and the Silver Empire According to the news, many qualified observation units in their country have also discovered the anomaly"
Gao Wen nodded slightly as he listened: In order to deal with the endless and mysterious threats in this world, the Community Alliance formulated many "joint agreements" involving astronomical observation, magic power monitoring, and anomaly early warning at the beginning of its establishment. When the member states discover suspicious "anomaly warning signs", they will issue a warning to the alliance countries, and now it seems that this mechanism has really played a role.
"We are not the only ones who have observed similar disturbances. Its distribution ranges from the northernmost border of the Loren Continent to the southernmost Silver Empire, and it occurs almost everywhere at the same time," Gawain said in a low voice while frowning. , "It was the observatory who first discovered the problem. When they observed the starry sky, they saw that the sky was full of interference noise, but the astronomy department was not the only one who reported the situation later"
"Yes, multiple magic power monitoring stations and magic web hub stations have discovered interference phenomena in the atmosphere," Hetty nodded. "At present, the possibility that the problem occurred in outer space can basically be ruled out. The interference occurred in our atmosphere, and Most likely no more than the steady-state boundary."
Gao Wen was thoughtful: "Is there more detailed data on the steady-state boundary layer?"
Hetty shook his head: "Unfortunately, the duration of the interference is very short, and almost all the departments that detected the interference only had time to leave the routine data recorded by the normally-on equipment. Before the targeted records, the energy permeated in the atmosphere disappeared. The most valuable piece of information so far is only a report from the Silver Empire Astromancer Association. The great astromancer Vilania happened to be in the clouds near the steady-state boundary layer After collecting high-altitude magic power data, when she noticed the magic power change in the atmosphere, she quickly carried out a super-long-distance perception and finally confirmed that the interference was not only limited to the mainland, but even spread infinitely towards the ocean, reaching the limit of her perception as a legendary powerhouse outside."
"So it's very likely that this is a global phenomenon."
"Yes, scholars from various countries currently suspect that this is a global phenomenon, and it is very likely that it is the result of the combined effect of the atmosphere and the surface energy field. Wait a minute."
Hetty stopped suddenly, and turned her head to look in a direction outside the screen. It seemed that a new piece of information suddenly appeared in front of her. After a while, she turned to Gawain, her expression becoming more solemn than before.
"Ancestor, Antaveen has sent news that the dark blue webway has undergone abnormal changes, and its occurrence and end time are consistent with the time when disturbances in the atmosphere were observed in various places."